Lead Engineer

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. Job Description Job Title Lead Engineer – Investment Data Platform Grade 2B Level Experienced colleague Job Function Asset Management Tech & Change Job Sub Function Investments Data Platform Reports to Vice President/Sr. Lead Engineer – Investment Data Platform (India) Location Mumbai Business Area M&G Global Services Overall Job Purpose Working with M&G Plc. means becoming part of a brand with a global reputation and our purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly. M&G plc is a firm built on a rich and long history and with a commitment to an innovative future centred on the needs of customers and clients. There is a genuine opportunity to drive competitive advantage with value creation through the formation of this new organisation. This role is for an Lead Engineer – Investment Data Platform. The Engineer role will encompass building high quality, scalable software that aligns to business outcomes. Working in a highly collaborative, agile environment, you will work in a high performing data team to refine user stories and subsequently implement the necessary functionality. You will be responsible for sufficiently unit testing and releasing your changes in a controlled manner. You will utilise critical thinking skills to solve business and technical problems. Individual with the right blend of software engineering skills, data exploration, and domain knowledge to help us expand our data services by building end to end solutions for our stakeholders. Accountabilities/Responsibilities Key accountabilities and responsibilities Contributing to the delivery of software that delivers a business outcome and is designed, implemented and tested to the team’s standards as per the SDLC for the Data Platform. Providing a quality service and product to customers and stakeholders, further developing skills built through significant practical experience or training. Understanding and following data engineering best practise. Offering peer review and challenge within the team, to ensure that the most appropriate solution is delivered. Demonstrate a strong sense of product ownership and commitment to build scalable / extensible / robust software/data platform. Working within established frameworks and procedures, with the freedom to interpret them to solve a range of problems. Delivering outcomes that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them. Contributing to team improvement discussions. Participating in the development of complete solutions to the end consumer, being part of a cross functional team comprising of requirements gathering, data modelling, data integration, software engineering, testing and release oversight. Maintaining strong relationships within the team, key stakeholders across the business and other teams across Asset Management Technology & Change. Key Stakeholder Management Internal All M&G Plc Business Areas M&G Plc Support Groups External Partner(s)/Vendor(s) Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification Knowledge & Skills (Key): Demonstrate software engineering skills with experience in SQL, C# and the .Net Framework Working with data on Azure including SQL and no-sql DBs and Azure Data factory pipelines Working with some of the following programming and scripting languages: SQL, Python, Java, PowerShell, JavaScript. A good understanding of DevOps principles and experience in building CI/CD pipeline. Knowledge of software patterns and principles. Proactively manage own workload across multiple parallel initiatives. Data exploration and analytical skills, that enable you to solve new problems and understand existing software through investigation. Experience in dealing with large data sets and how to analyse them. Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and orally, within a project team. Knowledge & Skills (Desirable): Experience to financial markets & asset management processes and understand analysis into a wide variety of asset classes and associated analytics (e.g. Equity, Fixed Income, Private Assets etc.) Experience in using Databricks for data ingestion or transformation. Experience in Snowflake. Experience: 8+ years of total experience in software engineering. 4+ years of latest/recent experience in a data engineering role. Experience of contributing to the delivery of software in a team that utilises Azure PaaS technologies, security and delivery via Azure DevOps. Some experience of API gateways such as Apigee or Azure API Management. Experience of delivering change using Agile methodologies. Foundational understanding of the components of Investment Data (Transactions, Positions, Instrument T&Cs, etc) Educational Qualification: Graduate in any discipline. M&G Behaviours relevant to all roles: Note: *We are in Hybrid working with min. three days’ work from office (subject to policy change) We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.